Raja Lakshmi Chintamaneni, Sudhakara Rao M, Bhavana Sujana Mulk, Sathish Sivan
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Drs Sudha and Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Gannavaram Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh 521286, India.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation, Gannavaram Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh 521286, India.
Case Rep Pulmonol. 2014;2014:392616. doi: 10.1155/2014/392616. Epub 2014 Nov 10.
Metastatic tumors to the orofacial region are unusual and they may occur in the oral soft tissues or jaw bones. Owing to their clinical variability the diagnosis of such tumors is often a dilemma. We report a unique case of mandibular metastasis which became the first evidence of an occult primary in the lung.
转移至口面部区域的肿瘤并不常见,它们可能发生于口腔软组织或颌骨。由于其临床变异性,此类肿瘤的诊断常常是个难题。我们报告了一例独特的下颌骨转移病例,该病例成为肺部隐匿性原发肿瘤的首个证据。